They're Draining Snyder's Swamp In The Morning Songtext
von Charlie Weaver

Draining Snyder′s Swamp In The Morning

I saw an old man the other day
Whose eyes were filled with tears
I thought the cause of his sorrowing was due to advancing years
He shook his head as he wiped his eye
His heart was filled with pain
With quivering voice and and a choking sob
He told this sad refrain (sad refrain)

They're draining Snyder′s Swamp in the morning
They're going to put a highway through
They're tearing out the creeping mess moss
No longer will the swamp reflect it′s blue


They′re tearing down the old green pavilion
Where my daddy used to dance and romp
They're draining Snyder′s Swamp in the morning
Goodbye my sweet and lovely Snyder's Swamp

I saw an old lady the other day
Whose eyes were filled with tears
I thought the cause of her sorrowing was due to advancing years
She shook her head as she wiped her eye
Her heart was filled with pain
With quivering voice and and a choking sob
She told this sad refrain (sad refrain)

They′re draining Snyder's Swamp in the morning
They′re looking for my nephew Leonard Box
He left for work a smiling and a laughing
With his lunch pail and two pairs of cotton socks
But one was Lyle?


That incident took place in '37
When someone in the night heard a ker-plunk
They're draining Snyder′s Swamp in the morning
Goodbye my sweet and lovely Snyder′s Swamp!